What too buy list for a newbie?
07-27-2003, 08:09 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
RE: What too buy list for a newbie?
All my stuff fits in a fanny pack. It also has straps on the top to put and extra sweater or what have you. If tree stand hunting i wear my harness in and the tree stand is hung already. I carry my Binos around my neck and have rigged up a pocket on the inside of my outer wear to hold my binos. My range finder usually stays in my fanny pack or pocket, I range distance in my shooting lane than put it away for the most part.
don' t forget that good ole roll of CHARMIN (extra soft)
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07-28-2003, 10:46 AM
#13
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fredericksburg Virginia USA
Posts: 13,672
RE: What too buy list for a newbie?
Click mentioned the most important scent control device going, TP![8D]
String to tie on tag and for field dressing is something I do not see on the other list, rubber gloves for field dressing.
One word of advice, unless you have an unlimited budget many things can be left off your list that are mentioned in other folks list.
The must haves are TP, Bow, arrows, broadheads, clothing to suit the enviroment you are hunting in, license and anything you deem needed for field dressing.
Binoculars are nice, but if you think about it, bow hunting is all under 50 yards. There are lots of nice things that we feel we MUST have, but would we walk back to the truck after being on stand if we forgot it? If the answer is yes, you need it, if the answer is no, you don' t.
String to tie on tag and for field dressing is something I do not see on the other list, rubber gloves for field dressing.
One word of advice, unless you have an unlimited budget many things can be left off your list that are mentioned in other folks list.
The must haves are TP, Bow, arrows, broadheads, clothing to suit the enviroment you are hunting in, license and anything you deem needed for field dressing.
Binoculars are nice, but if you think about it, bow hunting is all under 50 yards. There are lots of nice things that we feel we MUST have, but would we walk back to the truck after being on stand if we forgot it? If the answer is yes, you need it, if the answer is no, you don' t.
07-28-2003, 07:52 PM
#14
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Clarendon NC USA
Posts: 216
RE: What too buy list for a newbie?
Sounds like you are off to a good start, I would suggest the following minimum:
* Camo Clothes...face mask.....hat......
* Good Boots
* flash light
* fanny pack
* grunt call
* safety harness
* small dia. rope or twine to pull bow up.
* Spray on Scent killer
* one or two different kinds of scent lure.
* marking tape for marking way into woods while tracking and marking distances.
* folding tree saw for trimming limbs
* water bottle
* Camo Clothes...face mask.....hat......
* Good Boots
* flash light
* fanny pack
* grunt call
* safety harness
* small dia. rope or twine to pull bow up.
* Spray on Scent killer
* one or two different kinds of scent lure.
* marking tape for marking way into woods while tracking and marking distances.
* folding tree saw for trimming limbs
* water bottle
07-29-2003, 05:56 AM
#15
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location:
Posts: 2,413
RE: What too buy list for a newbie?
Since your new to bowhunting, you' ll need one thing more than any other, and that is practice. Lots and lots of practice. Shoot from tree stands, from your knees, while sitting. Practice with extreme closed and extreme open stances. Those type of shots occur all the time while hunting. Practice at dusk and with all your hunting clothes on. This will insure that when you finally get that shot, you don' t blow it. 
It won' t take you long to realize what you wish you had on your last trip. Just make sure the thing your missing, isn' t your shot.
It won' t take you long to realize what you wish you had on your last trip. Just make sure the thing your missing, isn' t your shot.
07-29-2003, 06:10 AM
#16
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fredericksburg Virginia USA
Posts: 13,672
RE: What too buy list for a newbie?
It won' t take you long to realize what you wish you had on your last trip. Just make sure the thing your missing, isn' t your shot.
